Transformation · lines 5 and 6
Inner Integrity becomes Fleeting Success
What this change means
Earth now lies over the lake: the fifth and top lines move, and the result is 19 Fleeting Success. The top line leads with a warning: strength that lives only in words, like a bird's cry rising to heaven while the bird stays put, can't rally people. The fifth line offers the contrast: a real inner strength that links others toward shared goals and well-being. One sound is hollow, the other holds like a chain. The resulting hexagram says a good spell is coming, with luck and well-being, and that it's limited in time; afterward conditions change. Use it well. This is the moment to turn words into commitments people can rely on. Read the signs and take precautions before the downturn. You won't stop it, but substance built now will soften what follows.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 6 of 61 Inner Integrity
If your inner strength rests only on words, you won't have the power to rally people that you need to reach your goals.
A bird's cry climbs to heaven. Even with constancy, misfortune.
- Line 5 of 61 Inner Integrity
You have an inner strength that lets you draw others toward a shared well-being and shared goals.
There is sincere trust, holding fast like links in a chain. No fault.
- The judgment of 61 Inner Integrity
When you're whole within, it shows on the outside, and you'll be able to do great things and to let your truth move others toward great undertakings.
Piglets and fish: good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 19 Fleeting Success
A period of luck, fortune and well-being is coming. Make the most of it, because it will last only eight months; after that, conditions will change. If you can pay attention, read the signs and take care and precautions before the decline arrives, you won't avoid it, but you will lessen its effects while circumstances change.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. When the eighth month comes, misfortune.
The trigrams
The way back
19 Fleeting Success → 61 Inner Integritylines 5 and 6
Other transformations of Inner Integrity
- 20Observinglines 1 and 2
- 57Gentlenesslines 1 and 3
- 37The Tribelines 2 and 3
- 6Conflictlines 1 and 4
- 25Innocencelines 2 and 4
- 1Activitylines 3 and 4
- 4Immaturitylines 1 and 5
- 27Nourishmentlines 2 and 5
- 26Great Achievementslines 3 and 5
- 38Oppositeslines 4 and 5
- 29Waterlines 1 and 6
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 2 and 6
- 5Inactionlines 3 and 6
- 58Inner Peacelines 4 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.